Another strange an rather morbid tale from my youth: http://photos.tandlphotos.com/blog/2015/8/tales-from-my-youth-stranger-than-fiction
Tag: Corrales
Flowers: Corrales Garden Tour (part 2)
Photos from the 2015 Corrales Garden Tour can be seen at http://photos.tandlphotos.com/blog/2015/6/2015-corrales-garden-tour. Interesting that the post for the 2015 garden tour coincides with part 2 of the Corrales Garden Tour in 2011.
Originally posted on June 8, 2011: The results of my PET scan last Tuesday are that, while most everything is normal, a couple of lymph nodes showed FDG activity. One had a standard uptake value (SUV)of 4.2, while the other was between 3.4-3.8. Anything over 3 shows excessive metabolic activity and is considered suspicious — however, the SUV is not necessarily an indication of cancer since an infection or inflammation will show increased metabolic activity.
My doctor is having a radiologist take a closer look at the PET scan to see if they can easily biopsy one of the active lymph nodes. She scheduled another PET scan in 8 weeks. If there had been no FDG activity, the next PET scan would have been scheduled in six months.
Our general feeling is that the FDG activity in the two lymph nodes is not a relapse, as a relapse normally shows FDG activity throughout the lymph system. However, since my lymphoma was very aggressive, we have to look at all suspicious activity closely; if it turns out there is indication of a relapse then we can treat it immediately.
The photos tonight are flowers from each of the gardens we visited on the Corrales Garden Tour on Sunday.
The Week: May 25th — 31st
Click here —> Photo of the Day, Etc to see the week of May 25th — 31st at a glance.
May 25th: Critter closeups — http://photos.tandlphotos.com/blog/2015/5/macro-monday
May 26th: Dr Huey on Parade — http://photos.tandlphotos.com/blog/2015/5/the-2nd-annual-corrales-rose-society-dr-huey-tour
May 27th: All pink — http://photos.tandlphotos.com/blog/2015/5/pink-pink-pink
May 28th: Another one bites… — http://photos.tandlphotos.com/blog/2015/5/another-one-biting-in-the-dust
May 29th: Construction progress — http://photos.tandlphotos.com/blog/2015/5/iron-grid
May 30th: Two mile high club — http://photos.tandlphotos.com/blog/2015/5/thirty-three-years
May 31st: Obligatory annoying cat photos — http://photos.tandlphotos.com/blog/2015/5/cat-and-the-hat
The Week: May 18th — 24th
Click here —> Photo of the Day, Etc to see the week of May 18th — 24th at a glance.
May 18th: Flying with the Cars — http://photos.tandlphotos.com/blog/2015/5/flying-with-the-cars
May 19th: Stormy Monday Tuesday — http://photos.tandlphotos.com/blog/2015/5/stormy-monday-tuesday
May 20th: On the Edge of Catnip — http://photos.tandlphotos.com/blog/2015/5/on-the-edge-of-catnip
May 21st: A silly selfie and construction — http://photos.tandlphotos.com/blog/2015/5/selfie-shadow
May 22nd: Drivers on the Storm — http://photos.tandlphotos.com/blog/2015/5/drivers-on-the-storm
May 23rd: Dark kitties in the catnip — http://photos.tandlphotos.com/blog/2015/5/through-the-catnip-brightly
May 24th: But it’s a morning in May — http://photos.tandlphotos.com/blog/2015/5/fourth-of-july-on-a-morning-in-may
The Week: May 11th — 17th
Click here —> Photo of the Day, Etc to see the week of May 11th — 17th at a glance.
May 11th: Annoying cat photos — http://photos.tandlphotos.com/blog/2015/5/black-spunk
May 12th: Lily in the valley — http://photos.tandlphotos.com/blog/2015/5/oriental-lily
May 13th: Out and back — http://photos.tandlphotos.com/blog/2015/5/going-out-coming-back
May 14th: Rose — http://photos.tandlphotos.com/blog/2015/5/america
May 15th: More cats and other annoying things — http://photos.tandlphotos.com/blog/2015/5/kitties-cookies-moths
May 16th: Midnight Farmer — http://photos.tandlphotos.com/blog/2015/5/gophers-in-the-night
May 17th: Maximumly strong, annoyingly sensitive kitties — http://photos.tandlphotos.com/blog/2015/5/maximum-strength-sensitive
Burned Out
Burned out bosque at the north end of Corrales taken after sunset.
Sunrise / Sunset on Sandias
We had a thin cloud cover most of the day Friday that produced muted light that colored everything with a grayish tint. The cranes had already flown off by the time I got to the riverbank at sunrise, but they flew back to the river at sunset.
Creatures in the Moonlight
While walking out to the ditch to turn in the irrigation water at 2:00 am under the Harvest Moon, I saw a critter scurrying my way. Skunks don’t see very well, so it got pretty close to me before it stopped and we had a brief stand off — long enough for me to sweet talk it into letting me get a couple of photos. The skunk wasn’t sure what to think about a giant troll talking to it in the middle of the night — it stomped its front feet and stepped from side to side trying to decide whether to scurry past me, spray me or retreat. It finally decided on a compromise and ran into the tall grass on its right. Fortunately, it turned out to be an uneventful encounter, but I had a difficult time getting a clear shot of the nervous little skunk as the shutter speed was only 1/5 of a second at ƒ/1.4. On the other hand, it was easy to get a clear shot of the spider that had built its web on the irrigation gate. It held perfectly still.
Old Cars — 1st Half of the 20th Century
I believe that most of these cars that led the vintage cars in the Corrales 4th of July Parade are from the first half of the 20th Century.
The Motos
Interesting motorcycles in the Corrales 4th of July Parade.
Off Center & Not Even 